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Spofforth, GBR & Gator: Time To Move On
Sep 21, 2012 - Craig Lord
Gemma Spofforth, British 100m backstroke world record holder and Florida Gator, has hung up her race suit for good. The early morning alarm for training will ring yet sometimes, Spofforth having taken up voluntary coaching at the University of Florida, but the dawn chorus of anti-doping agents will stop when the 24-year-old submits retirement papers to federations domestic and international next week.
The athletic highlight of Spofforth's career was the world title she claimed over 100m backstroke in what remains a world record of 58.12 in Rome in 2009. She wore a LZR Racer as one of only two swimmers that year - with Michael Phelps - to claim a crown in one of 43 global standards without donning one of the 100% non-textile suits that brought the shiny suits crisis to a head on the way to a ban from January 2010.
Fourth in Beijing 2008 in the solo 100m and fourth again in the medley relay for Britain leading off in a European record that challenged the 59sec mark, Spofforth had improved almost a second in a year wearing the same suit, comparison possible at a time when comparison was almost impossible in the sport.
Four years on at her second Olympics, it was fifth at a home Games in London 2012, just 0.37sec from the podium. Spofforth cites the wall of sound from a home crowd as an experience she cannot top and urges her to move on.
"I have had a very turbulent career and I feel that I cannot top a home crowd in London or a world record in Rome," Spofforth tells The Times and SwimNews today. "I cannot top the experiences I have had and most importantly the friends I have made through the sport. When it comes down to it, the races and competition are not what will stay with me, the people and friends I have met and made will stay with me forever."
Her words are all the more poignant against a backdrop of five years of extreme highs and lows since Spofforth lost her mother Lesley to cancer in 2007.
Spofforth raced to the crown n the same lane 5 of the Foro Italico in Rome in which Anita Lonsborough had raced to Olympic gold for Britain over 200m breaststroke back in 1960. Before battle, Spofforth blew a kiss skyward. The act had not been premeditated but after the race she dedicated victory to Lesley.
During her time under the guidance of coach Martyn Wilby at the University of Florida, Spofforth became a five-time National Collegiate Athletics Association champion, eleven-time All-American and captained the Gators to the NCAA women's title in 2010. There were also SEC honours in the mix. Recalling Spofforth's return from her mother's funeral, Wilby said his charge had told him to "make sure you never use my mother's passing away as motivation". Said the coach: "It's been like that ever since. She used it herself."
If grief and torment shaped her athletic career, her experience over the past five years (and more) will also play out in life: having found a therapeutic vocation in crisis counselling and running night-time mercy dashes to the suicidal in her adopted home in Gainesville, Spofforth has started a post-graduate course in the same field at the University of Florida.
Her intention is to combine her experience as an assistant counsellor at the Alachua County Crisis Center in Gainesville and the discipline, direction and sense of purpose required to excel in sport. Her skills, so keen that the crisis center elevated her to an associate position within her first year, have already caught the eye of a non-profit organisation in the US that works with children who had a bad start in life.
"I would love to thank everyone who has made this journey possible, specifically the unconditional support and love my dad [Mark] has given me over these years," said Spofforth. "The patience my brother [Peter] has shown with his world-travelling sister. And the fantastic coaching I have received from each and every one of my coaches."
She added: "I've started a new life. I'd like to work with under-privileged kids who need that structure in their lives, who need sport or something like that in their lives. To be able to create that avenue for the kids, one that I was so lucky to have myself because I had a fortunate childhood, is something that really motivates me."
Spofforth also plans an ascent of the seven great peaks, starting with Everest, after 2015 and funding pending. Gregg Troy, head coach at the Gators and the man at the helm of the US Olympic men's team during a soaring success at London 2012, has no doubt that she will succeed. "She a great leader, a motivator," he said. "She was phenomenal at bringing people together, at bonding, so much so that I even had her work with the men [at the Gators] as a surrogate captain. Her work ethic is so high and her approach to other people has been so good."
In her book Dealing With It, due out in November to coincide with her 25th birthday, Spofforth reveals how she sought to fill the gap left by her mother, how she fought bouts of deep sadness yet managed to "dived into a dark well" before finding a way of climbing out and moving on. In the doldrums in 2011 and trying to stop herself from binging on chocolate, she turned to British chef Jamie Oliver for distraction, spending 100 days cooking the his recipes. Her story, often against-the-odds, is an inspiration to any who have suffered loss and deep sorrow and struggle to find their way back not only to coping but happiness and success.
Among tributes to Spofforth along the way, was this from Ryan Lochte, fellow Gator and winner of five medals, including two gold, for the US at London 2012: "The things that she's had to overcome in her life really made me look up to her. Its just amazing when you lose a loved one like that and still be driven and determined to go out there and do your best. She's been a friend and an inspiration for a lot of people."
Such sentiments go two ways. If Spofforth has spoken often about the life-changing experience of her life with the Gators, her father Mark summed up his feelings in a note back in 2010. Here's an extract:
"Our daughter seemed to come second most of the time, so you spend some time counselling as well and urging her to keep going. One day you'll be a winner if you keep trying. Eventually she's offered a golden chance to train at the University of Florida on a sporting scholarship, even if the Coach thinks this is the riskiest scholarship he's ever awarded, and is daunted by the task ahead trying to get this girl fit ... but again, he sees some spark, some character that he thinks might just turn into something given a following wind. Four years later, and that girl is a World Champion, a World Record Holder, an Olympian, and her last act for the University is to lead her team to the NCAA Championship. I am so proud of Gemma, but can't forget that fear of the unknown the day she was born, and the days that we've entrusted her on to teachers and coaches who have all paid back that trust with exceptional effort and skill, far beyond what might be expected of an employer."
His thanks extended from the "Gator family" to housemates (Spofforth counts current housemates David Marra, another crisis counsellor, and Gators for life Ana-Liisa Pold, of Lithuania, and Nelle Glasser); the "Beales family, who were there from the first day", coaches Troy and Wilby "for their coaching skill and their ability to keep Gemma focussed when times were really bad - and believe me there were some bad times"; to UF "for understanding the benefits of bringing in foreigners to work and play alongside your students - I understand the debates about the wisdom of doing that, and I hope that you never succumb to those that would have you restrict your tuition to US nationals alone"; and the USA "for having a system that has helped make my daughter a World Champion".
He concludes: "But most of all thank you to the sport that she loves and which has helped build character and confidence into what was once a small and sickly newborn baby."
His wife and the swimmer's mother, Lesley, was the rock on which her success was built. A maths teacher, she knew how to make hard work count. The bill for piano lessons was paid on condition that Gemma practised for at least an hour every evening. On swimming race days, Gemma was subject to similar strictures. "No talking until you've eaten something," her mother said. "Because otherwise you'll be too grumpy and tired to say anything worthwhile."
There were endless lunches packed, journeys to training and Portsmouth High School, flowers left at home for the athlete every time mum could not make it to a competition (a habit she kept up when Spofforth moved to Florida in 2006, bouquets waiting for her at her dorm every big race day), hugs, kisses, praise (only when deserved), encouragement and support when the chips were down.
In 2005, Spofforth, coached by Chris Nesbit and Graham Wardell at Portsmouth Northsea, developed pancreatitis, was placed on a drip feed, an experience she refers to as the second reason why, years later, she could never include anorexia or bulimia among her cries for help.
Illness cost her all but a year in the pool but she then successfully applied for a place at the Gators programme at the University of Florida in Gainesville. Wilby, and Englishman 20 years into his own American adventure, was assigned to coach her, after a recommendation from Loughborough coach Ian Armiger and supported by Bill Sweetenham.
It was Wilby who took the call from Mark Spofforth in December 2007 to say that his daughter ought to come home to say goodbye. Having been unable to make it back to Britain from the US in time to say goodbye to his own mother many years earlier, Wilby was determined to make sure his charge was on the next plane out. Lesley Spofforth died the day after her daughter arrived home. After the funeral, the swimmer returned to Florida to prepare for Olympic trials the following year and harnessed deep emotion to drive her swimming performance.
Not with the same degree of ease, however, as she had in Rome 2009. Her college career coming to an end in 2010, Spofforth struggled to stay motivated and by Christmas 2011, after her worst season for years, she was ready to quit. She hung on and arriving at St Pancras Station for Britain's Olympic trials in London discovered that she "really wanted to be part of this ... it was so exciting to see the Olympic rings and all the signs for the Games at every turn".
Unable to break the minute at trials, she made the GBR team. Out of 51 individual performances in 26 events among British women in the pool at London 2012, just five performances marked a season best, four of those established by backstroke swimmers Spofforth and Georgia Davies in the 100m and Elizabeth Simmonds and Spofforth's fellow Gator Stephanie Proud in the 200m.
Spofforth and Simmonds, European champions in 2010, were the only two British women in the pool at London 2012 to swim a season best in an Olympic final, while Michael Jamieson, silver medal winner in the 200m breaststroke, was the only many to swim at his best in a final and among a handful who established season best times in any round.
In Dealing With It, Spofforth refers often to the people who provided more than a shoulder along the way, who provided direction and care.
Of Wilby, she writes: "He cares how we do. He has been a father figure for me. Wilby was the one who sent me home to see mum, who made sure I made it in time. He's been through everything with me. Whatever it was that went wrong, I would go and see him. He worked on sets that were specifically designed with me in mind to help me to get the very best out of myself and he took pride in that.
"That dedication, devotion would never let up, come what may. He has steered me in the right direction and I've placed great store in the advice he's given me when I've had to speak to the media at difficult times. He has brought things out in me that I would have left as a private thought for fear of not knowing how to express something. He's shown me to look at the horizon, the wider picture, how to express how I feel, how to show the warmth in me, the warmth he made me aware of."
Recalling 2009, she adds: "This day in Rome, he is part of a huge support network that I'm deeply connected too and aware of. From the moment I leave the pool at the end of the race, there's someone waving at me, smiling, cheering, congratulating me. There are Brits in the crowd, the stands and the warm-down pool and up in the crowd as I walk along the deck after the medal ceremony I see people I know back in Florida.
"There's Corale Lopez, the Puerto Rican girl who's a member of our sprint freestyle group. She's standing with Alejandro, smiling down at me, waving. One of the great things about being a Gator is that come the big meet there are people on teams from all over then world there supporting you as their teammate and friend back home in Gainesville. Wilby is actually coach to the Cayman Islands at the championships. I have an amazing sense of support from everywhere. My dad is in the crowd and everywhere I look I see my Gator family, my Britain team family."
Spofforth will continue to give back to the Gators as a volunteer, among her skills an ability to work with very young children learning their way in the water in the starters programme run by Wilby's wife Jill.
It was that work that helped keep Spofforth in the sport in the past year. So saturated had she felt at one stage that she thought she had lost her love of swimming. After she started guiding children aged 2 to 6, she said: "It's so much fun. It's that moment when you're teaching the child: we start with bubbles so they can breath out, then we go to kicks and move on to pancake and pencils, for streamlining ... then ice-cream scoops and rainbows … and at first they're swimming underwater. That moment when their first arm comes out of the water, I can't help but smile. I can't help but have amazing energy inside me because of it."


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PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) Grinding offense and suffocating defense, with a big play or two sprinkled in here and there.
That's the Rutgers way and it worked to perfection in a 19-3 victory Saturday against Connecticut that was anything but pretty, but totally effective.
``If you could bottle today's game, you'd have Rutgers football,'' coach Kyle Flood said.
Jawan Jamison ran for 110 yards for the 22nd-ranked Scarlet Knights and Wayne Warren returned an interception 25 yards for a touchdown in the fourth quarter to leave no doubt about the outcome.
The Scarlet Knights (5-0, 2-0 Big East) are off to their best start since 2006, and they avenged a bitter loss to the Huskies that ended last regular season and kept Rutgers from sharing the conference title.
Jamison ran it 28 times and recorded his sixth straight 100-yard game and Gary Nova hooked up with Mark Harrison on a 14-yard touchdown pass early in the third quarter.
Warren put it away with 3:44 left in the fourth when he grabbed a pass down the middle from Chandler Whitmer, and then darted through would-be-tacklers toward the end zone.
``I used to be a quarterback in high school,'' Warren said. ``My offensive instinct kicked in. I caught the ball and I was just, `Fine a hole, find a hole, make a play. I was really good at it in high school so I guess it paid off for me today.''
Warren pushed across the goal line with some help from his teammates.
``When you can make teams one dimensional, that's what happens,'' Flood said. ``It's like an avalanche.''
UConn benched leading rusher Lyle McCombs for the first quarter after he was arrested and charged with second-degree breaching the peace on Friday. He finished with 32 yards on 12 carries and the Huskies (3-3, 0-1) were held to their worst scoring output since getting shut out by Louisville in the middle of the 2010 season.
``We had a hard time stopping their slotting and angling up front,'' UConn coach Paul Pasqualoni said. ``Had a hard time finishing our blocks. We have to be able to run the ball better, more efficiently.''
McCombs is accused of yelling, pushing and spitting at his girlfriend during an argument outside a dorm in Storrs.
Rutgers has won six of the last eight meetings, but lost last year's game 40-22.
``Last year we got blindsided,'' defensive tackle Scott Vallone, who anchored a defense that held UConn to 53 yards rushing, and 244 yards total.
Not this year. Rutgers hadn't played since winning at Arkansas 35-26 two weeks ago. Nova and the offense led the way in Fayetteville, but this was more like it for the Scarlet Knights.
Rutgers, which came in ranked No. 1 in the country in rush defense, forced five turnovers, committed only one and held the ball for 32 minutes.
``Stop the run, turnovers. All the things that we've done around here and what we've pride ourselves on,'' Vallone said.
The Scarlet Knights, unveiling new black uniforms with red trim to go with silver helmets, seemed intent on letting their defense keep them undefeated against a UConn team that was second-to-last in the Big East in total offense.
Linebackers Khaseem Greene and Steve Beauharnais were all over UConn's runners, and the Huskies couldn't keep Rutgers blitzes from forcing Whitmer to hurry his throws. Greene also had an interception late in the fourth quarter.
Rutgers chipped away offensively with Jamison running tough against a defense that had only been allowing 74 yards per game on the ground. Nova rarely went downfield but finished 18 for 27 for 157 yards.
The Scarlet Knights' first drive of the second half was the best of the game for either team, an 84-yarder on nine plays, highlighted by Jamison's 28-yard run and capped when Harrison slipped a couple of tacklers and reached into the end zone with 9:09 left to make it 13-3.
Rutgers turned two first-quarter turnovers by UConn into two field goals by Kyle Federico in a span of 3:15.
Logan Ryan intercepted Whitmer's pass at the Huskies 45 and that led to Federico's 45-yarder and a 3-0 lead.
Whitmer finished 14 of 32 for 191 yards with four interceptions.
On the ensuing kickoff, Nick Williams was stripped by Tejay Johnson and Jamal Merrell recovered for Rutgers at UConn's 29. After Jamison's 18-yard touchdown run was called back for holding, Federico booted through a 31-yarder.
UConn put together one solid drive in the first half, going 43 yards on 10 plays behind the running of McCombs and backup quarterback Scott McCummings. The drive stalled inside the 5 and Chad Christen kicked a 19-yard field goal to make it 6-3.
``We have to do a better job of capitalizing,'' McCombs said. ``It's nothing they did it's what we did. We didn't get it done.''
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Define and determine slope when given points (Part 2)
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Objective: SWBAT determine slope when given two points.
Big Idea: How do I find the slope when I don't have a graph? Is there a different way to find rise over run? Another good ol' classic -- the slope formula.
Each day, students complete a Warmup that usually consists of spiraling the previous day's material, in addition to older material. Warm-up problems also sometimes extend lessons that students have encountered before to more unfamiliar contexts.
For a video narrative about how I structure each lesson, and how the warm-up fits in, click here.
In this case, the warm-up not only gets kids to practice finding slope, it brings back graphing of special cases -- the horizontal (y = a) and vertical (x = a) lines. I find that kids need a lot of practice seeing these over the course of several days to beomce fluent in this.
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Determined Bulls end Heat's 27-game winning streak
Anyone who tries to compare the 2012-13 Miami Heat to the 72-win Bulls will have a tough time winning an argument about which is the better team.
Jordan-Pippen vs. LeBron-Wade isn't far off, but the rest of the roster is a blowout win for the Bulls. Dennis Rodman or Chris Bosh? Toni Kukoc or Shane Battier? Ron Harper or Mario Chalmers?
One thing this Miami team definitely has in common with those Bulls, though, is when they come to your town, it's an event.
A raucous atmosphere at the United Center turned festive right around 10 p.m. as the short-handed Bulls rose to the occasion and ended Miami's 27-game winning streak with a 101-97 victory on Wednesday.
The Heat's streak was retired six games short of the American professional sports record of 33, set by the 1971-72 Los Angeles Lakers. No word if Jerry West and Gail Goodrich popped a bottle of champagne when this one ended.
"I don't know if I've ever played Miami in the past three years without the atmosphere being unbelievable, here and there," Luol Deng said. "People are always looking forward to it. It was just great to be part of that."
Deng led the Bulls with 28 points, while Carlos Boozer piled up 21 points and 17 rebounds. LeBron James scored 32 points to lead the Heat.
"For us, it wasn't even about the streak, it was how they beat us the last time they came here," Taj Gibson said. "We felt like we got punked on our own court, they blew us out (86-67 on Feb. 21), so we just wanted to come out here and play harder and do our jobs the right way."
As for James, he was OK with the Heat falling short of the Lakers' record.
"It's one of the best that this league has ever seen," James said. "We recognized that and rightfully so."
From the Bulls' side, this game was all about being the aggressors, whether that meant making more hustle plays or simply hitting their opponent before getting hit themselves.
They jumped to a 13-2 lead from the opening tip and didn't get flustered when Miami rallied from a 13-point deficit to take the lead in the third quarter.
The decisive run came midway through the fourth quarter, when the Bulls got a pair of 3-pointers from Deng, another from Jimmy Butler and a fadeaway jumper by Kirk Hinrich to take an 86-78 lead with 5:32 remaining.
"I feel like we didn't panic with their pressure," Butler said. "We gave up a few turnovers, but in the end, I feel like we handled it extremely well, made the right plays to the right people and shared the ball. I felt that was the biggest part of this game."
There was an interesting exchange a few minutes later. James took a hard foul from Gibson on a drive to the basket and the referees checked the replay, but decided it was not a flagrant foul.
On the very next possession, Boozer set a screen on his former Cleveland teammate and James fired his shoulder into Boozer's chest, then swung his arm without making any serious contact. This time, the call was a flagrant foul on James.
The Bulls got only a single free throw out of the possession, but led by 9 with 3:52 left. Miami eventually got within 94-89 with 1:22 on the clock after a James dunk and Ray Allen drive.
Boozer came up with the game's biggest bucket, fighting off two Miami defenders to grab an offensive rebound and following it in to make it 96-89 with 57 seconds left.
A few minutes earlier, Hinrich ripped a defensive rebound away from Chris Bosh and in the third quarter, Butler gave the Heat a taste of its own medicine with a one-hand alley-oop dunk while Bosh backed into his chest.
"It didn't matter who they were playing, everyone was following the streak," Deng said. "So it's great. It's a good feeling to say we're the one who ended their streak before they broke the record."


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By Jared Taylor
MCALLEN, Texas (Reuters) - Two agents with the Department of Homeland Security assigned to root out corruption in other law enforcement agencies have been charged in Texas with faking records, federal prosecutors said on Wednesday.
Eugenio Pedraza served as special agent in charge of Homeland Security's Office of Inspector General in McAllen, Texas, where he was responsible for rooting out corruption in other federal agencies that work along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Pedraza and an agent who reported to him falsified records from seven investigations into Customs and Border Protection officers and Border Patrol agents accused of accepting bribes to allow drug shipments and illegal immigrants through international ports of entry between 2009 and 2011, the indictment states.
The indictment alleges Pedraza, 49, covered up "severe lapses" in investigative standards ahead of an internal review of the McAllen office, the Justice Department said in its statement.
Also charged in the case is Special Agent Marco Rodriguez, 40, accused of following Pedraza's orders to falsify records in ongoing investigations. The indictment shows Rodriguez worked on two of seven cases identified in the indictment as containing false information.
Both Rodriguez and Pedraza appeared in federal court in Brownsville, Texas, on Wednesday and pleaded not guilty, according to court documents. Bond was set at $50,000 each. No defense attorneys were listed in court documents for either defendant.
Five other agents under Pedraza were assigned to other cases under scrutiny, but were not named in the indictment.
Pedraza was accused of directing his subordinates to draft and place backdated memos into investigative files showing progress in cases that never occurred, as well as records involving case reviews that were never performed.
Pedraza also is accused of failing to promptly notify the FBI that one of its agents was under investigation.
The Justice Department said Pedraza concocted the alleged scheme to make it appear to investigators reviewing his office that cases were being worked properly.
A third former special agent, Wayne Ball, has already pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to falsify records in federal investigations. His sentencing is set for July 31.
The most severe charges carry maximum sentences of 20 years in prison, as well as a maximum fine of $250,000 on each count.
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Longtime Gainesville resident Dr. Cullen W. Banks, a beloved physician and philanthropist, died Tuesday morning in his home following an extended illness. He was 88.
Longtime Gainesville resident Dr. Cullen W. Banks, a beloved physician and philanthropist, died Tuesday morning in his home following an extended illness. He was 88.
Banks is survived by LaKay Banks, his wife of 54 years, and their children, Colleen Banks of Virginia Beach, Va., Dr. Garry Banks of Valparaiso in the Florida Panhandle, Barry Banks and Maritza Banks of Gainesville and two grandchildren.
The funeral will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at Greater Bethel AME Church. Chestnut Funeral Home is in charge of the funeral services.
Banks was born in Temple, Texas, and was one of two children of Cullen and Estelle Banks. His sister, Bessye Madison, preceded him in death. Banks grew up in Palatka and Orlando, where his parents taught school.
He attended undergraduate school at Wilberforce College, now Wilberforce University, in Wilberforce, Ohio, where he studied pre-med. He received his medical degree from Howard University in Washington D.C.
Banks returned to Palatka, where he practiced medicine with Dr. James Long. Nine months later, he opened his own medical practice in Gainesville. Banks met his wife, a senior at Florida A&M University in Tallahassee, during a social event at FAMU. Three months later, they eloped.
Colleen Banks reflected on her father's tendency to joke around.
"Every corner of town, at parties and/or engagements, even outside of Gainesville, people would approach our father and say, 'Dr. Banks, you delivered me.' He would gaze at them gently and say, 'Ok, you turned out pretty good. I need to send you another bill!'"
"Aside from his humor, his presence was invaluable in our home," said Colleen Banks. "Not so much as a physician, but as a husband and father and grandfather. His family was everything to him. Our father was so adored and will truly be missed."
Banks practiced medicine in Gainesville for 46 years before retiring in 1996. He was the first black physician to have full privileges at the former Alachua General Hospital. He also was a founding trustee of the North Florida Regional Medical Center, where he served as a member emeritus of the hospital's board of trustees.
In 1996, he received the Certificate of Merit, the highest state medical honor awarded by the Florida Medical Association. In 1998, he was honored by the Rotary Club of Gainesville and presented with the organization's annual Service Above Self award. Also in 1998, Banks received the 50-year Alumnus Award from Howard University.
Carrie Mills, director of development at the University of Florida College of Medicine, said the Alachua County Medical Society established the Cullen W. Banks, M.D. Scholarship Fund as a tribute to his influence and achievement.
Mills said the scholarship receives numerous donations from Banks' family, friends and UF alumni. "The Cullen W. Banks, M.D. Scholarship Fund will last forever," Mills said, "and impact UF College of Medicine students forever."
Florida Bridgewater-Alford, president and CEO of the Twenty Pearls Foundation, the charitable arm of the Mu Upsilon Omega chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc., said Banks was the inspiration for the foundation's annual golf scramble for his trailblazing history here in the state of Florida.
"We are forever grateful to the entire Banks family for allowing Dr. Banks to serve as our inspiration," said Bridgewater-Alford. "His indelible spirit, enthusiasm for continuing education for students globally, and his generous support will live beyond his physical presence."
"He was a well-respected and unmatched supporter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. and the Twenty Pearls Foundation Inc.," she continued. "He certainly lived by the notion that there is no more noble occupation in the world than to help someone succeed."
Cynthia Moore Chestnut, a former Alachua County commissioner and Florida representative, called Banks a pioneer. "In a quiet and unobtrusive way," Chestnut said, "he built bridges for many in medicine and in civil rights."
Nkwanda Jah, executive director of the Cultural Arts Coalition, which sponsors the annual 5th Avenue Arts festival, said Banks was her doctor and an avid supporter of the festival.
"He was always supportive of the 5th Avenue Arts Festival, especially at the beginning to get it up and running," Jah said.
In lieu of flowers, the family asks that contributions be made in memory of Banks and directed to support the Cullen W. Banks M.D. Scholarship at the University of Florida College of Medicine. Make checks payable to the UF Foundation and mail to the University of Florida Foundation Inc., P.O. Box 14425, Gainesville, FL 32604.


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Residents of the southeast Kansas town of Baxter Springs are raising money to help the family of a 7-year-old girl who was accidentally shot in the eye with an arrow.
The Joplin Globe reports that Jayce Cunningham has undergone surgeries at Freeman Hospital West in Joplin, Mo., and another at Children's Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Mo.
Mandy Kinsley is one of numerous individuals helping to plan and carry out fundraisers in upcoming weeks. Kinsley says Jayce is expected to undergo a minimum of five surgeries to save her eye. But Kinsley says it's unknown whether her vision can be saved because there was damage to her retina.
Money raised at a weekend rummage sale and other fundraisers will be used to help offset the family's travel expenses.


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Skip to comments.Scott Brown in talks with Fox News
Posted on 02/06/2013 3:24:40 PM PST by GQuagmire
Former U.S. Sen. Scott Brown is in talks with the Fox New Channel to join the network, a Fox spokeswoman has confirmed.
She declined to say what role Brown would play at the cable network.
The network recently cut ties with former GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin and former Clinton presidential advisor Dick Morris.
Brown, who lost his Senate seat to Democrat Elizabeth Warren in November, announced last Friday he would not be running in the special Senate election to fill the seat being vacated by Secretary of State John F. Kerry.
Meanwhile, Kadant Inc. of Westford, a paper recycling and production equipment company, announced today that Brown is joining its board of directors.
During his time in public office, Senator Brown has gained a wealth of experience on local, state, national and international issues and I am pleased that he has agreed to join our board of directors, Kadant President Jonathan W. Painter said in a statement. His good judgment and pragmatic approach to solving problems will be a strong asset to Kadant as we continue to grow our business throughout the world.
Senator Browns appointment to our board reflects our strong ties to Massachusetts. Kadant was founded in Massachusetts, our headquarters is in Westford and one of our principal manufacturing facilities is in Auburn. Another former U.S. Senator from Massachusetts, Paul Tsongas, also served on our board of directors in the 1990s.
Brown said in the Kadant statement: I am honored to have the opportunity to contribute to Kadant and learn more about the challenges of an international business .... Kadant has been on the forefront of designing and manufacturing equipment to recycle and produce paper for decades. I look forward to sharing my knowledge and experiences and contributing to the future direction and growth of this global leader.
Brown, a real estate lawyer and a colonel in the National Guard Judge Advocate General Corps, was elected U.S. senator in the 2010 special election to fill the seat vacated by the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedys death. He was previously a state senator from Wrentham.
All RINO, All the time
Just another example of Fox's continuing downward spiral into RinoLand.
Another GOP-e RINO. What a surprise.
Rove is a perfect fit at Fox News, but idiot Fox doesnt realize that both Conservatives and democrats hate him. Hes a true loser all the way around. He gains them NOTHING.
Fox keeps moving left. Very seldom watch anymore.
I haven't watched in a long time
Fox must be planning their own version of "Morning Joe" and will let Scott be their Joe Scarborough. Kuccinich and Rove will be his sidekicks.
Not RINO anymore. Liberal.
Is it just me or is Fox News becoming a RHINO network?
Just wonderin'
Well, another RINO and loser.
Scott Brown will fit in just dandy.
Big tent R, and from Massachusetts no less.
He can tell Republicans how to win elections, too.
As a practical matter, it might be a mistake for both him and the network.
In a number of his interviews, he has not come across as a very good extemporaneous speaker. Being on the campaign trial is different from being in an interview situation.
Even if he believes passionately in what he is saying, just a few "um"s and "uhs" and hesitant pauses get tiring for a TV viewer pretty quickly.
Maybe he can do a layout for them.
[trial = *trail*]
RINO Hume, Backstabber Rove, Romneyphile Wallace,
and the rest of the Obama-pimps.
Brown should join them;
like a RINO-Backstabbing garter snake ball.
Nuff said.
As if I needed another reason to continue to not watch FNC.
How can they profess to bed fair & balanced unless they display some of each? Besides, I enjoy seeing a bit of BS from the libs and I sure am not gonna suffer through MNBC to find out.
Same as when I listen to short wave stations. I tune in on US broadcasts and foreign news outlets such as Radio Havana, Radio Moscow and many other various stations.
Yet, FNC will soon have no actual conservatives
That was my guess when he decided not to seek the Senate seat vacated by Botox Man.
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How do you determine the value of an electric car? A big factor for drivers is range, and the folks at MojoMotors have looked at the numbers to determine how much you get for your dollar.
There were some pretty good discussions on whether buying a diesel or buying a hybrid was actually worth it. We wanted to take a slightly different approach with EVs. We created a metric to analyze the exact Cost Per Mile of Range (CPMR). This number is calculated by taking the MSRP of an electric car sold in the United States (2014 model year) and dividing it by the range on a single charge. Please note, we did not take state or federal tax credits into consideration for our analysis.
This analysis just further proves the Tesla Model S is an amazing vehicle. Even with a starting price of $79,900 (85kWh) it has the best CPMR of the whole group at $302. The Chevy Spark EV came in second place with a starting price of $26,685 and a fantastic CPMR of $325. The Model S with a 60 kWh battery (not on the graph) slots between the Leaf and second place Spark EV.
The worst vehicles in terms of CPMR on the list is the BMW i3 BEV with a starting price of $41,350 and a below-average range of 81 miles. This put the i3 CPMR at a whopping $510. Another underwhelming vehicle is the Toyota RAV4 EV with a starting price of $49,800 and a CPMR of $483. Remember though that the RAV4 EV had the 3rd farthest range of all the vehicles studied at 103 miles. Only the Tesla Model S has a greater range.
What these metrics don't account for is the extra gizmos and doodads you get in something like the i3 or the extra cargo capacity of the RAV4. It is simply a comparison between the price of the vehicle and how far you can actually drive it between charges. In reality, a shopper in the market for an EV probably won't be comparing the Tesla Model S with the Chevrolet Spark EV, but if you're someone who wants the most bang for your buck, cost per mile of range can be a valuable metric.
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|MLB Career Stats
|St. Louis
|11th in NL
|14th in NL
|24th in NL
|25th in NL
|17th in NL
|25th in NL
|March 16, 2016
|San Diego Padres released LF Skip Schumaker.
|February 16, 2016
|LF Skip Schumaker assigned to El Paso Chihuahuas.
|February 9, 2016
|San Diego Padres signed free agent LF Skip Schumaker to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training.
|November 2, 2015
|LF Skip Schumaker elected free agency.
|July 20, 2014
|Cincinnati Reds activated LF Skip Schumaker from the 7-day disabled list.
|July 11, 2014
|Cincinnati Reds placed LF Skip Schumaker on the 7-day disabled list.
|May 3, 2014
|Cincinnati Reds activated CF Skip Schumaker from the 15-day disabled list.
|April 28, 2014
|Cincinnati Reds sent 2B Skip Schumaker on a rehab assignment to Louisville Bats.
|March 30, 2014
|Cincinnati Reds placed 2B Skip Schumaker on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to March 22, 2014. Dislocated left shoulder
|November 26, 2013
|Cincinnati Reds signed free agent 2B Skip Schumaker.
|December 12, 2012
|St. Louis Cardinals traded 2B Skip Schumaker to Los Angeles Dodgers for SS Jake Lemmerman.
|June 19, 2012
|Skip Schumaker roster status changed by St. Louis Cardinals.
|June 13, 2012
|sent 2B Skip Schumaker on a rehab assignment to Memphis Redbirds.
|June 1, 2012
|St. Louis Cardinals placed 2B Skip Schumaker on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to May 31, 2012. right hamstring strain
|April 20, 2012
|St. Louis Cardinals activated 2B Skip Schumaker from the 15-day disabled list.
|April 15, 2012
|sent 2B Skip Schumaker on a rehab assignment to Memphis Redbirds.
|April 1, 2012
|St. Louis Cardinals placed 2B Skip Schumaker on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to March 26, 2012. Torn right oblique.
|October 19, 2011
|St. Louis Cardinals activated 2B Skip Schumaker.
|May 23, 2011
|Skip Schumaker roster status changed by St. Louis Cardinals.
|April 19, 2011
|St. Louis Cardinals placed 2B Skip Schumaker on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to April 16, 2011. Right triceps strain.
In 1998 graduated from Aliso Niguel High School in Aliso Viejo, CA, where he played football and baseball...was all-conference, all-county and all-state in baseball...attended the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he was named to the All-Big West first team in 2001...played for the Team USA squad that went 8-1 and qualified for the 2008 Olympic Games by beating Cuba in the qualifying tournament (9g, .405, 1hr, 8rbi).2014
In his first season in the organization was the Reds' recipient of the Heart and Hustle Award, given annually to a player who demonstrates a passion for and best embodies the values, spirit and tradition of the game...also was the club's nominee for the MLBPA's Marvin Miller Man of the Year Award and the Roberto Clemente Award for his service both on the field and in the community...as one of club's most versatile players appeared in games in LF (33g, 26gs), CF (8g, 7gs), RF (13g, 13gs), 2B (19g, 15gs) and P (1g)...from 5/4-5/10 made 5 straight starts in CF while Billy Hamilton recovered from a hand injury...from 5/11-5/20 made 6 straight starts in RF while Jay Bruce recovered from knee surgery...from 7/20-8/17 made 11 of his 18 starts at 2B while Brandon Phillips recovered from thumb surgery...made his last start on 9/7 vs NYM (LF) and his last appearance on 9/11 vs StL (PH)...on 9/12 had surgery to repair the torn labrum in his left shoulder...began the season on the disabled list with a dislocated left shoulder suffered during spring training...was reinstated on 5/3 and that night vs Mil made his Reds debut as a PR/LF...reinjured the same shoulder while playing RF vs the Cubs on 7/10, when a collision with the wall also required a stint on the 7-day concussion DL (7/11-7/19)...despite the shoulder injury made 35 more apps before having the season-ending surgery on 9/12...on 8/12 vs Bos pinch hit in the 1,000th appearance of his Major League career...in the ninth inning of the 8-0 loss on 8/21 vs Atl made his fourth career pitching appearance (1ip, 0r, 1bb)...was the first Reds position player to pitch since Paul Janish on 7/6/09 at Phi...on 4/29 at Buffalo, while rehabbing with Louisville, was ejected from CF after arguing a play at second base...originally suffered the left shoulder injury on 3/21 while diving for a ball in the outfield...prior to that injury hit safely in 10-12 spring training games (14-30, .467) and in 11 of his 14 spring apps overall...in August hosted a fantasy football charity event that raised almost $38,000 for Big League Impact, Jessie Rees Foundation, Reds Community Fund and Cincinnati Children's.2013
For the Dodgers played 2B (44g, 34gs), LF (35g, 14gs), CF (29g, 17gs) and RF (18g, 8gs)...beginning 5/4, in his last 102 apps of the season hit .285...from 5/17-6/9 hit .420 during a 15-game hitting streak, a career high and the longest by a Dodgers batter in 2013...hit his 2 homers just 5 days apart, on 7/22 at Tor (off Steve Delabar) and 7/27 vs Cin (off Bronson Arroyo)...that first HR snapped a streak of 246 homerless at bats since he hit one for the Cardinals on 9/3/12...made a pair of scoreless relief apps, on 4/29 vs Col (12-2 loss) and 6/28 vs Phi (16-1 loss)...on 7/10 and 7/11 served a 2-game suspension for his role in the 6/11 bench-clearing incident with the Diamondbacks.2012 Batted .276 with a homer and 28 RBI in 107 games in his final season with the Cardinals. Made starts at second base (51), center field (14) and right field (3). Hit safely in 50 of his 68 starts, batting .290 (68-for-237) with 25 RBI in those games...went 5-for-26 with two doubles as a pinch-hitter. Batted .300 (21-for-70) with runners in scoring position and hit .306 (41-for-134) with runners on base. Started the season on the disabled list with a strained right oblique injury (activated on April 19) and was also sidelined from May 31-June 19 with a right hamstring strain. Had his best month of the season in July, batting .385 (20-for-52) in 23 games...his .475 OBP that month ranked third among all NL players. Hit .295 (69-for-234) with 17 of his 19 extra-base hits against right-handed pitching. Batted .333 (10-for-30) during a season-long eight-game hitting streak from May 20-30. Appeared in nine postseason games (0-for-9, RBI) during the Cardinals' run to the NLCS. 2011 Appeared in 95 games at second (89 starts) and in 40 outfield games (5 starts), his most outfield starts since serving as a regular outfielder in 2008...Batted .299 (56-187) after All-Star break, ending the season with a .283 BA. Collected 26 multi-hit games (14 post-ASG)...Led the club with a .429 (6-14) pinch-hit batting average...Was on disabled list (4/16-5/23) for first time in his career and missed 34 games in April/May with a right triceps strain...Was 2nd on the team with 23 hits in June. Had an 11-game hit streak 6/18-7/2 (.385 BA), the second longest of his career...Hit his 2nd career walk-off home run in the 9th (5th career GWing hit) 6/19 vs. KC; also was his first career homer vs. a LHP...Had .350 BA in July to lead the team and ranked 9th in the National League...Collected first OF assist 7/29 vs. CHI since 8/31/10...Made his first Major League pitching appearance on 8/23 in 9th inning vs. LA and recorded 2 strikeouts; became the first STL position player since 1959 to fan two batters...Walked just 27 times in 117 games, including once in each game of 9/23-25 series vs. the Cubs; none bigger than a key walk on 9/24 in the 9th as part of team's 2-1 win...Hit a 3-run double in the fourth on 9/27 at HOU, his first RBI since 8/28. Had 2 RBI in final game of the season (9/28 at HOU)...2011 POSTSEASON: Played in four of the five games in the Division Series vs. Philadelphia and six of the seven games of theWorld Series vs. Texas...missed the National League Championship Series with a right oblique injury...hit .600 (6-10) during the DS with two doubles and 3 RBI...made a spectacular diving catch in CF in the 9th inn. of Game 3...started in CF in Game 5 and doubled in the only run in the 1st inning of the 1-0 series-clinching victory...left that game in the 3rd, however, with a right oblique strain...after missing the NLCS, saw action in six World Series games - all in the outfield - after playing the majority of the season at 2nd base...started Games 5, 6 & 7 in centerfield...had singles in Games 5 & 6 vs. Texas, finishing the postseason with a .381 BA. 2010 Played in 137 games, starting 121 - 118 starts coming at second base and three in right field; also played center and left field...For the 3rd-straight season led all National League players in ground ball/fly ball ratio at 3.43, ranking 2nd in the Majors...Ranked 3rd among MLB players with a .441 BA (15-34) in Interleague games (min. 30 AB)...Ranked 9th in MLB among second basemen with a .297 BA with runners in scoring position...Struggles at the plate left him with his lowest season avg. in the Majors, but still had his 2nd highest RBI total at 42...Was the 10th-hardest N.L. player to strike out, doing so just 8.27 times/plate app...His 35 multi-hit games ranked fourth on the Cardinals, topping out with a season best 4-for-4 game at CHI (7/25)...Hit first professional grand slam off centerfield batter's eye at Great American Ball Park off Mike Leake (8/9 at CIN)...Recorded a career-high seven putouts at second base 7/23 at CHI...Led MLB second basemen with 3.19 assists per game and finished 5th in N.L. with 359 assists. 2009 Played brilliantly after transforming from outfielder to everyday second baseman. Became first Cardinal since Red Schoendienst (1945-46) to move from OF to 2B from one year to the next...Started 124 games at 2B, three in CF and one in LF. He also played RF. Had 18 defensive "gems", 2nd only to Pujols (22)...Hit over .300 for the 3rd-straight season...his .306 BA was ranked 7th among N.L. leadoff batters...Batted .322 (139-432) vs. RHP's, ranking 7th among National Leaguers...Batted .345 in September and hit .300 or better in four out of the season's six months to bump his career BA to over .300...Led the team with 15 games in which he had 3 or more hits. Hit his first career pinch-HR on 8/9 at PIT for game-winning runs...Had the N.L.'s top groundball-to-flyball ratio for the 2nd-straight season (4.01; 289/72). 2008 Spent his first full season with the Major League club and finished among league offensive leaders...Ranked T10th in the N.L. with a .302 batting average (.30185) with NYM's David Wright (.30191)...His .318 (35-110) batting average with runners in scoring position was the 9th-best in the National League...Ranked 2nd among Major League players with a .340 average vs. righthanded pitchers...Hit .321 on the road (90-280), 3rd best in the N.L., and his .316 night average (113-360) was 8th best...Ranked as the 10th hardest N.L. player to strikeout, doing so once every 9.9 plate apps. (60 K's)...His 46 multi-hit games ranked 2nd on team behind Pujols (56). Had 11 games with 3-or-more hits, 2nd to Albert...Hit .314 (72-229) after the All-Star Break...batted .321 (106-330) with 49 runs, 6 HRs & 28 RBI in his last 80 starts...Hit safely in 40 of last 54 G's (62-193, .321), including a 10-game streak (7/26-8/6) and a 9-game streak (8/12-23, hit .436)...Tied for 8th in N.L. with 10 OF assists - four at the plate: 4/3, 4/11, 6/28 & 6/29. Made 59 starts in CF, 31 in LF and 30 in RF...Had a solid spring, batting .394, 3rd-best among NL batters...Became the 7th different STL Opening Day RFer in seven seasons (Drew, Marrero, R. Sanders, L. Walker, J. Encarnacion & P. Wilson)...Scored a career-high 4 runs on 4/11 at SF...By 5/2 had the GWing hit in team's final at bat in four Cards' wins, including a walk-off HR in the 11th on 5/2. Overall had eight GWing RBI and 11 go-ahead RBI...Hit his 1st career leadoff HR 6/25 at DET(A. Galarraga). His .323 June BA ranked T15th in NL..Batted 9th on 7/5 vs. CHI for the 1st time since his first career start on 6/13/05 at TOR...Had a season best hitting streak of 10 games from 7/26-8/6 (.390, 16-41)...Had a season best hitting streak of 10 games from 7/26-8/6 (.390, 16-41)...Joining Schumaker on 7/26 was Albert Pujols who matched his career high with 5 hits...according to Elias, they became the first Cardinals duo to have 5 or more hits in the same contest since May 16, 1930 vs. CHI when Charley Gelbert & Taylor Douthit each had five hits...Had the Majors' highest GB/FB ratio (2.88) among batters with min. 502 PA's. 2007 Made the Opening Day roster for a second straight year. Led the team with 43 pinch at-bats which ranked T-13th in the National League. Had 10 pinch hits, one of three Cards with 10-plus pinch hits (Taguchi-13, Ludwick-11). Was 7-for-last-19 (.368) in pinch hit role. Collected hits in 22 of his 27 starts (.348, 39-112 as a starter), including 19 of his last 20 (.376, 32-for-85). Batted .400 (48-120) in 49 games (20 starts) from 7/2 to the end of season. Had a career best eight-game hitting streak from 9/16-23 (.325, 13-40). Finished July tied for 2nd in N.L. batting (min. 50 PA) by going 20-for-46 (.436 BA) over 23 games. Was 15-for-35 (.429) with runners in scoring position and he batted .415 (27-65) with runners on base. Was 5-16 (.313) with RISP & two outs. Batted .373 (28-75) with eight RBI in 27 September games (13 starts). Had a career high five hits in a 5-for-5 effort on last day of season 9/30 at PIT with two doubles and drove in two. Hit .435 (10-23) with six runs in 12 games (3 starts) vs. teams from the N.L. West. Overall hit .306 in 59 games with Memphis, playing the majority of time in centerfield (46 games). Batted .298 (34-114) with 18 runs, two HR and 17 RBI in 29 August games at Memphis. Singled off the bench on 4/10 at PIT & had sac. fly for GWRBI in 12th. Had three-hit games in back-to-back starts 4/26 vs. CIN & 4/30 at MIL. Was optioned to Memphis on 5/13 (J. Encarnacion activated from DL), recalled on 6/18 (Edmonds DL) but didn't make a start until 6/30 at CIN. Hit .356 in 33 games during his second stint with the club (6/18-8/1). Ended a four-game hitting streak (7-9, .778) with a PH-AB 7/8 vs. SF. Hit game-winning home run in 10th inning on 7/22 at ATL, a 2-run shot. Optioned to Memphis on 8/1 when J. Pineiro reported to club and was recalled from Memphis on 9/1. 2006 Opened the season with the Major League team for first time in his career. Made eight starts and played in 16 games going 7-for-39 with one homer during the month of April. Homer came on 4/5 at PHI (B. Myers)...Was optioned to Triple-A Memphis on 5/2 (purchased pitcher Brian Falkenborg). At Memphis hit .306 (113-369) in 95 games, which led all Memphis starters...Was a member of Team USA which went 8-1 to qualify for the 2008 Olympics by defeating Cuba in the Americas Olympic Qualifying Tournament. Skip played in all nine games, as he hit .405 (15-37) with one home run and eight RBI...During the first round of play, he led Team USA with nine hits and 11 runs, including a two-run triple and two runs scored in the final game of the first round...Was recalled on 9/7 to St. Louis where he played in 12 games and had five pinch at-bats to finish out the season...Committed just two errors at Memphis in 94 games (226 chances)...Has yet to commit an error in the Majors (46 games, 40 chances). 2005 Made his Major League debut 6/8 vs. BOS in PH at-bat for Carpenter in the 7th (struck out)...appeared in 27 games in three stints with the Cardinals...led Memphis (AAA) in hits (127) and stolen bases (13)...Made his first start in the Majors on 6/13 at TOR, playing centerfield...collected first M.L. hit and RBI on 8/12 at CHI (Dempster)...recalled again in September and swiped his first M.L. base 9/6 vs. CHI. 2004 His .316 batting average at Tennessee (AA) ranked fourth in the Southern League...led the Southern League and the Cardinals' minor league system with 163 hits...also led the league with 138 games played and his 516 at-bats ranked third...played the majority of his games in the outfield, but did start six games at third - his frist time at any position other than the OF while with the Cardinals organization...was named a starter in the outfield for the East Division at the Southern League All-Star Game and was named to Baseball America's postseason All-Star team. 2003 Spent two separate stints on the disabled list in 2003 with a sprained right wrist in April and missed August with a stress fracture in his right fibula. 2002 Ranked second in the Carolina League with 158 hits in 2002 and was selected to the Carolina League's All-Star team.


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Gale Jarvis, president of The Alexander Doll Company, was named Manufacturer of the Year at the Women in Toys' 9th annual Wonder Women of Toys Licensing and Entertainment Awards dinner held during the American International Toy Fair. The annual dinner recognizes and celebrates the most outstanding women in the toy industry. The Wonder Women of Toys award was presented to Gale Jarvis by Shirley Price of Funrise.
During Jarvis' tenure, the Alexander Doll Company has developed licensed brands, including Madeline, Eloise, Fancy Nancy, Pinkalicious, Radio City Rockettes, Peanuts, Olivia, Ugly Betty, Desperate Housewives, and more.
Jarvis spearheaded and is credited with the company's venture into a new category of fashion dolls, which has included couture dolls styled by innovative fashion designers like Jason Wu. She has also been responsible for adding to the classic family of familiar faces with new sculpts for dolls from the Alex doll line, as well as one of Judy Garland, Greta Garbo, and Marlene Dietrich for the company's Screen Legend Series.


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Fish Foam and Spherified Mango Juice
Will Spanish avant-garde cuisine stand the test of time?
Here in Spain, the avant-garde culinary season has just come to a close. Madrid Fusion, that exuberant annual showcase that brings cutting-edge chefs to the Spanish capital to muse on the state of contemporary gastronomy and show off their latest tricks, ended a month ago. BCN Vanguardia, its less well-known Catalan counterpart, wrapped up on March 14. The program for each was pretty much what I've come to expect. In Madrid, Marcos Morán cooked up a fine plate of fish blood, and the Roca boys painted swabs of truffle, hare, and dirt across a plate and called it "Winter." In Barcelona, Angel León used algae to clarify soup, Ramón Freixa turned liquid-nitrogenized pineapple into dessert, and Martin Berasategui talked about something called "synergetic elaboration."
And so, I have to ask: Isn't anybody tired of this stuff by now?
Nearly two decades ago, Ferran Adrià started a revolution at his El Bulli restaurant that thoroughly transformed modern cooking, not only propelling Spain's chefs to the pinnacle of culinary acclaim (displacing France's in the process) but spreading a manifesto of high-impact, scientifically informed cuisine through top kitchens around the world. Mango juice "spherified" with hydrocolloids until it looks like caviar, olive oil frozen with liquid nitrogen until it forms lingot-shaped "butter," Parmesan cheese spun into a cotton-candyesque "air," and everything from espresso to squid ink turned into foam—it's all part of a cooking style that places a premium on innovation. At its best, the Spanish version of "molecular gastronomy" stokes the emotions, shocks the senses, and, in the words (if not exactly the intentions) of that hedonistic gourmand Claude Lévi-Strauss, is "good to think." It's also often delicious.
But, from the beginning, some critics have scorned a mode of cooking that relies, in their opinion, too heavily on technology (as if an oven weren't a machine) and often chooses form over substance. Twenty years into Adrià's revolution, those criticisms have only grown. In a recent e-mail, Gerry Dawes, an American expert on Spanish food and wine, wrote, "I am getting a little weary of the Catalan-driven techno-cuisine. Many of these 'experiments' would be better off if they didn't show up anywhere but at chefs' conferences." His words sum up the critical attitude: It was fun at first, but enough with the chemistry kit! I'd like some real food now, please.
So, is it over? At the very least, Adrià and his cohorts are no longer quite so avant-garde as they once were. In fashion, you know your haute couture is no longer haute when you see it in the Gap. In food, there are different indignities, all of which the Spaniards have suffered as of late. To wit:
1. Death by foam
Adrià hasn't served a foam in years, but that hasn't stopped most everybody else from whipping up their own versions of flavored, stabilized air. A couple of weeks ago, I had lunch at an utterly nondescript hotel restaurant in the industrial-warehouse outskirts of Salamanca. There, in a place that a few years ago would surely have been serving stewed chickpeas with salt cod, I had sous-vide hake topped with chorizo foam. It wasn't bad. But that's hardly the point. Culinary trends are like peak oil: Demand hastens decline. (In this, the role of the California Pizza Kitchen franchise in the demise of California cuisine is surely instructive.)
2. Death by scholarship
Spanish journalist Pau Arenós has gotten a lot of attention lately for coining a new name for the kind of cooking that Adrià and his disciples do: techno-emotional. At Madrid Fusion, he elaborated 10 points that define techno-emotional cuisine ("Addresses all five senses." "Initiates dialogue with scientists, but also with visual artists, novelists, poets …") and traced its origins back to turn-of-the-20th-century French chef Auguste Escoffier. It was all very interesting, but it made me wonder: If we're talking about the history of avant-garde cooking, doesn't it mean it's not avant-garde anymore? And worse: If being avant-garde includes prescriptions like "Diners are not passive but active," doesn't retrogradeness suddenly look a lot more appealing?
3. Death by democracy
If, as Barbara Kafka has said, the food processor spelled the end of that classic French dish the quenelle (the machine made it possible for any home cook to do the once-labor-intensive work of finely pureeing fish or meat with a touch of a button), one can only shudder at the impact that Texturas will have on dinner parties around the world. A handy kit that includes attractively designed tins of algin (sodium alginate) and Xantana (xantham gum), it allows the amateur to spherify mango juice and solidify squid ink right in her own kitchen.
4. Death by popular demand
In an episode of his TV show No Reservations, Anthony Bourdain visits Adrià's workshop and undergoes a grudging conversion—from molecular skeptic to gaga techno-emotionalist. José Andrés, of Washington's Minibar and Café Atlántico, who whips up "cotton candy avocado" in his occasional appearances on the Food Network, has a new show coming out on American television. Mario Batali spent last fall traveling around Spain with a camera crew, New York Times food writer Mark Bittman, and Gwyneth Paltrow. According to Batali's blog, the show, which will air on public television, confines itself in the main to cocido and stewed pig's ears. But an episode at Carme Ruscallada's Sant Pau includes "a cube of gelatin with royal shrimp head in a lozenge." And if Batali is gushing about gelatin cubes, isn't it just a matter of time before Rachael Ray pulls out a jar of Xantana and calls it "yum-o"?
5. Death by news cycle
Daniel Patterson, chef and owner of San Francisco's Coi, told me he had detected signs of a backlash against Spanish avant-garde cuisine. When I asked for an example, he replied, in a tone that managed to be mostly unaccusing, "Well, articles like this one." He's right: Food writers have to write about something, and if we can't write about a new trend, we might as well tear down an old one.
The press and the public have officially caught up to the Spanish revolutionaries: Adrià's kitchen is no longer the source of the new new thing. But I won't sound the death knell on techno-emotionalism, because food movements often prosper long after journalists have lost interest. The Asian fusion craze passed years ago, but miso-glazed salmon has become a staple; California cuisine is woefully unhip, but I still find alfalfa in my sandwiches. Perhaps the most relevant comparison is nouvelle cuisine.
That movement started in the late 1960s and early 1970s and emphasized color, lightness, and freshness over the heavy sauce-based cooking that had characterized French—and therefore upscale—cooking for the previous century. Nouvelle cuisine was a kitchen upheaval that coincided historically with the upheavals going on in the streets of Paris in 1968 and that likewise took as its inspiration the overthrow of old ways (in this case, cream- and butter-laden old ways). It found an eager reception in the United States. But by the 1990s, it was showing all the signs of stagnation I listed above—clichéd dishes, academic analysis (one sociological study actually counted the number of nouvelle dishes, like salmon in sorrel sauce, that appeared on French menus), overexposure, and a culinary press that seemed to gleefully celebrate its imminent demise in the form of comfort food. By the turn of the millennium, nouvelle cuisine's reduced portions and sometimes unlikely combinations had become a joke.
But the food itself never really went away. The techniques are still there, in every cream-free sauce that daubs a salmon filet, in every plate made colorful by steamed vegetables, even in that delicately flavored sous-vide hake I had in Salamanca. We may laugh at the excesses of nouvelle cuisine, but we eat it all the time.
The same, I would hold, is true of modern Spanish cuisine. What lies at its heart is not a particular dish—not even the emblematic foam. Rather, it's a spirit—a vigorous, often intellectual search for new flavors that takes place not just in gardens and pantries but in landscapes and art exhibitions, and, yes, in the laboratory. And that isn't going away. As Arenós told me in an interview, Spain's top chefs have plenty of staying power. "Ferran [Adrià] is the most influential chef in the world, and he was born only in 1962. ... All the other guys, Andoni [Aduriz], Quique [Dacosta], they're in their 30s. We can't talk about decadence when they're all so young."
They're not just young; they're motivated. Andoni Luis Aduriz, the chef of two-starred Mugaritz, is often hailed as Adrià's more serene but equally talented dauphin. For the past two years, he has been working on using ultrasound to achieve more precise cooking times and, in collaboration with Aponiente chef Ángel León, is developing a cooking fuel made from olive pits. "There are people who say, 'this is over, let's put it behind us,' but that's just marketing. I can tell you from my own experience that there is more research going on, more energy, than ever before."
That's the thing. The pressure to innovate (and among Spanish chefs, that pressure is largely self-imposed) means that Spanish techno-emotional cooking, if that's what we're calling it now, is going to keep changing, producing new and ever-wackier techniques and ingredients. Some of them, like Dacosta's platinum-coated oyster, will perhaps, mercifully, not withstand the test of time. But others, like that now-ubiquitous foam, will seep into the culinary vernacular, forever augmenting the range of possibilities chefs have at their disposal.


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A big storm is expected to hit the Central Coast of California in a matter of hours. The predictions are that a lot of rain and snow will be dumped all over the state. We desperately need the rain, and I hope that the storm will not cause too much damage to the areas that were hard hit by a forest fire. Mud Slides are always a concern for the Big Sur Area and for the mountains of Santa Cruz. My brother has already told us that he can see the storm out in the horizon (he lives across the street from the ocean).
Due to popular request, I have started a recipe index. I'm so glad that "Barbara" (the Assistant Principal I work with) and a few other bloggers have asked me if I would create this! It was the push I needed, so I have finally finished listing my recipes by Alphabet and by Category. It was interesting for me to see how many recipes I've made in just over a year! So many, I had forgotten about! As I got closer to my very first posts, I thought-- UGH. I really need to photograph these dishes, now that I've learned that flash photography does not an appetizing picture make!
I'll fine-tune the index, add some photos and foo-foo the layout at a later time. For now, it's just a basic index, and I hope that you really like it! I am working with my Blog Fairy to design a blog button (also a request) and to upgrade a few more things on my food blog!
So here is the address: "A Feast for the Eyes Recipe Index", and I have added the click-through on my sidebar.
I hope to return to sharing with you the recipes I've been making. Hopefully, this weekend, we won't lose power and I can enjoy the sound of rain, a crackling fire and my laptop.


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Argh! There's a new TV advert that has clips from the animation secret life of pets.
They've changed the metal rock song from System of a Down's Bounce to something else. Anyone know what it is or why they've done it?
I'm arguing with my girlfriend who thinks it's the same song (i think she might be trolling me)


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Dixie A. Wierwille, 73
Dixie A. Wierwille, 73, of New Bremen died at 7 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012, at her residence, ending a three-year courageous struggle with cancer.
She was born on March 4, 1939, in Franklin to Richard and Sarah (Beam) Arbaugh, who preceded her in death.
She married the love of her life, Robert D. Wierwille on Dec. 28, 1979, and he survives in New Bremen.
Also surviving is her daughter, Kimberly Wint of New Bremen; three stepdaughters, Kelly (Dan) Brown of Miamisburg, Jamie (Steve) Hanna of Sunset Beach, Calif. and Janel (John) Schwartz of New Bremen; seven grandchildren, Tony Brown of Tempe, Ariz., Cody Brown of San Diego, Calif., Kelly Hanna and Zack Hanna of Sunset Beach, Calif., Caty Hanna of Fullerton, Calif., Jessica Cavanaugh of Orange, Calif. and Evan Wint of New Bremen; two great-grandchildren; her sister, Ruth Masters of Franklin, her brother, Richard Arbaugh of Byrdstown, Tenn.; and six nieces and nephews.
Preceding her in death were her brother David Arbaugh; her sister Charlotte Neal; and a niece and a nephew.
Dixie was a graduate of Franklin High School and was employed at the Disneyland Hotel and Crown Lift Trucks in California. Her interests included her one-of-a-kind beaded bracelets painting, gardening, stained glass, NASCAR, crossword puzzles and her two yorkies.
Friends may call from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Monday at the Gilberg-Hartwig Funeral Home in New Bremen.
A Celebration of Life is scheduled for 7 p.m. Monday at the funeral home, the Rev. Becky Erb Strang officiating.
A private burial will be held at the Pilger Ruhe Cemetery in New Knoxville. Memorial contributions may be made to the Grand Lake Hospice or to the church memorial fund.
Condolences to the family may be left at GilbergHartwigfh.com.


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- Gallery-wrapped art piece features a watercolor map of Florida
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Late braking technique used by expert motorcycle roadracers in which the brakes continue to be applied beyond the point at which the motorcycle has been leaned over and has entered the corner. Trail braking is used primarily to delay the onset of braking for a particular corner as long as possible, and thereby overtake another rider. The technique requires a great deal of finesse and skill in order to avoid the loss of front wheel traction, which usually results in a low side crash.
Any attempt at trail braking by a novice rider, although usually unintentional, almost invariably results in a low side crash.
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Quentin Tarantino has fired back at movie violence critics who are blaming bloody blockbusters for the recent Connecticut school massacre, insisting such comments are disrespectful to the victims.
Tarantino's films have often been targeted following tragedies as pundits attempt to make sense of them, and he was again on the lips of those seeking reason and cause for last month's (Dec12) Sandy Hook Elementary School murders in Newtown.
Critics have suggested the glorification of violence in movies encourages sick individuals to live-out real-life massacres, but the director is convinced there is no link.
Growing frustrated on the subject of violence in movies in a recent NPR interview, Tarantino raged, "I'm really annoyed. I think it's disrespectful... to the memory... of the people who died to talk about movies. Obviously, the issue is gun control and mental health."
Tarantino's latest film, blood-soaked, shoot-em-up western Django Unchained was released just days after the Newtown massacre, during which 20 children were killed.


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For those that don't believe all golds are equal.
I always thought a decathlon (or hepathlon) was one of the most valuable thing to win.
At the other end is handball (such a ****e sport) and all things equestrian. But particularly dressage, even though we won a gold medal in it.


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By Sofia Bledsoe
When Soldiers and aircraft deploy in any part of the world, air traffic control operations become one of the most important functions to ensure that all aircraft supporting military operations maintain safe, orderly and expeditious flow of air traffic.
The Mobile Tower System, or MOTS, provides the effective and reliable solution that can be deployed anywhere in the world, in any weather condition and will support both military and civilian air operations. MOTS will also network with other air control and battle-management systems, and complies with Federal Aviation Administration/International Civilian Aviation Organization regulations.
The Air Traffic Control Product Office, under the Project Office for Aviation Systems, manages the MOTS, and is led by Lt. Col. Michael Rutkowski, Product Manager for ATC. Together with his team, Rutkowski developed a phased strategy to divest and replace the original system, the AN/TSW-7A, which was built in the late 1960s. Just like an old computer system, "It was simply outdated and virtually unsustainable," said Rutkowski. Everything associated with refurbishing the 7A became very costly, even with its basic maintenance. "Plus all the manufacturers that built the original system are no longer in business," he added.
So the Army initiated a requirement for a mobile air traffic control system in 1999. The program passed a Milestone C decision in January 2012, which gave Rutkowski and his team approval to proceed with a Low Rate Initial Production for the first 10 of a 39 system requirement.
In fall of 2011, a trip to visit the 3rd Infantry Division in Savannah, Georgia, led to important changes and leaps with the program. Rutkowski spoke with the 3rd Infantry Division's General Support Aviation Battalion Commander and discussed the state of their 7A.
"The system was having problems, and they couldn't get parts for it," said Rutkowski. Using out-of-the-box thinking and knowing he had capable air traffic control tower systems with two Engineering Development Models, Rutkowski felt he could provide an operational system to support their upcoming deployment. He offered the idea of fielding MOTS early so that the unit could take it into theater. "The commander not only loved the idea but saw it was a perfect opportunity to see how it handles in an operational environment."
To Rutkowski and his team, it was a rare opportunity in Army acquisition to gain an operational assessment straight from the users 20 months ahead of First Unit Equipped (FUE), which will be the 82nd Airborne Division out of Fort Bragg, N.C. FUE is scheduled to take place in November 2013.
"I thought it would help tremendously in creating one production-like standard from taking both EDMs into theater for one complete system," said Rutkowski. "It helps in flushing out the manuals and spare parts required using the best metric of all — our own Army Aviation Air Traffic Controllers and Maintainers, and it also provides us the confidence that our system is combat certified before production begins."
A few months before 3ID's deployment in 2012, Rutkowski conducted an after action review with Soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division who had recently returned from deployment and were using the old 7A tower system.
What the PM ATC team discovered was that when they traveled to Afghanistan in late 2011 to visit the 101st, the unit took a direct hit on their 7A, which destroyed their electrical power unit and rendered the 7A system combat ineffective.
"It destroyed all the glass in it," said Rutkowski, "and there was a huge hole on the left hand side due to the attack." The 7A was classified as 'battle damaged' and was not reparable, an occurrence that contributes not only to the shortage of mobile air tower systems but also the need to build newer and better ones.
The ATC Tower is a valued target for enemy combatants due to the antennas that are placed all around it. The lessons learned from the AAR with the 101st, the PM ATC team applied to the MOTS tower that deployed with the 3ID.
In addition to the up-armored carrier, PM ATC rapidly up-armored the tower which doesn't exist in any tower today, in addition to integrating significantly improved capabilities with the system. 3ID deployed with the system in December 2012 and continues to provide valuable feedback to the PM office.
"The tower has performed well above standard in theater," said Capt. Evelyn Valesquez, ATC company commander who deployed with the 3ID in 2012. "It's maintaining an operational readiness rate of above 99%."
"The MOTS has provided our Soldiers with a sense of security from the added armor and ballistic windows, along with the additional upgrades, making it easier for maneuver and communication," Velasquez added.
The primary difference between the old and new tower is its updated technology, said Velasquez. The system's digital features make it a 'user-friendly' system. "The four different operating positions are capable of monitoring up to 11 different radio frequencies and multiple landline communications," said Velasquez.
Among the tower's other modernized key features are its secure and non-secure digital voice recording system, automated weather information from the Meteorological Measuring System, Environmental Control Units that are attached to the shelter aiding in the systems movement and transportation, which also decreases the number of personnel required for transportation.
Eddie Spivey, the TRADOC Capability Manager for the MOTS, said that he is very pleased with the system and looks forward to completing the fielding to all the units as planned. "The MOTS has an interface to control pre-existing airfield lighting and although not deployed, comes with an airfield lighting system beginning in second quarter of FY14 when that capability is fielded." Additionally, an ATC simulator will come with the MOTS that will allow Soldiers to hone and maintain their skills or conduct training when live air traffic is not present.
Rutkowski and his team also added a few more features such as a ladder to the tower and an M4 gun mount. "We were able to really partner with the unit and get down to exactly what the unit needed. And, we began to receive instant and direct feedback from the users, good, bad or indifferent," said Rutkowski.
So what's next for the team? "Our goal has always been: How do we influence the production line to ensure we capture the lessons learned from Afghanistan and what 3ID has done for the past year with this system, and how do we make positive changes into the current tower," said Rutkowski.
The biggest challenge: the PM office can't field it fast enough.
"Our greatest hurdle is the number of units out there that have seen MOTS or heard about it," said Rutkowski. "I've received so many questions from unit commanders asking us, 'When can I have it? What do I need to do to have it faster?'"
"It's been a good 'problem' to have, and we're working hard on getting the units' what they need."
The first complete MOTS rolled off the production line in March 2013 from Sierra Nevada Corporation who won the competitive selection for the first 10 LRIP production systems. Additional systems will be fielded beginning this summer. The Army will compete the remaining systems in a competitive source selection that will help to drive the cost further down.


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Meet Natalie, 26, a civilian who works for the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs. Her husband, a captain in the U.S. Army, has been stationed in Afghanistan since March but he is set to reunite with Natalie, and their 1-year-old daughter, Mikayla, around December 10. Read her first post here.
Staying connected to your deployed soldier is always a challenge, but we were determined to make it a priority. Before Tommy left, we decided to get two iPads. Although the price tag was a bit daunting, they proved to be worth their weight in gold. We have utilized every possible avenue to keep him in the loop during these past nine months. Of course Skype and Facetime have been invaluable for our communication, but Mikayla was not always on board with our scheduled video chat times. But I was able to capture the first time she crawled, and he saw that on Facebook. Four months later, he saw her first steps when I put the video in his Dropbox. Just last weekend he got to see her sledding for the first time when I emailed him the video. The technology has improved so much since his last deployment, and we have tried to take full advantage in order to make him feel as involved as possible. Still, I truly believe that this deployment has been tougher on him than me because he is missing out on these milestones.
I hardly have time to think about him being gone because of my crazy schedule. I would say this is probably typical for military spouses, and it is one heck of a coping mechanism. My day begins at 0600 when I wake up, get ready for work, and get the dogs ready all while video-chatting with my husband.
On those rare days when everything goes according to plan, I have the car totally packed and ready to go before I wake up the munchkin. Tommy loves being able to "wake her up," and they sing songs together while I change her for daycare. It is a really special time, and a stark contrast to only a few months ago when she was too young to engage with him on the screen. He would still talk and sing to her, but to be perfectly honest she had no clue that it was happening. I still loved seeing him talk to her, knowing that he was building a relationship, even though she was not yet a willing participant. I am not naïve enough to think that she knows the man in the iPad that sings with her in the mornings is her father, but I do think that she knows he is someone special.
When Tommy left, our daughter was six months old and couldn't even crawl yet. Now she is walking, talking, and has developed into quite the little person. He has certainly missed a lot, but I take comfort in the fact that next week when they "meet" she will not be encountering a stranger.
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From its colorful backsplash to its earthy-chic vibe, this kitchen hits all the right notes.
Designers Genevieve Gorder and Candice Olson give their best kitchen countertop ideas and tips for a design that will add interest and excitement to your kitchen.
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